Shocked that companies and mutual funds would invest OPM (Other People's Money) in high-risk investments, the Shocked Investor was originally on a mission to find out if our money ended up in these dubious instruments. This blog now also discusses other financial topics, such as straddles, options, gold, natural gas, agri/food stocks, and the collapse of the US Dollar.

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Sunday, February 8, 2009

The Canadian government announced in Ottawa its own stimulus which will put the country under an $80B deficit for the next two years. Meanwhile, a couple of blocks away, Winterlude festivities started this week. Here are some pictures of the ice sculptors, but first a video: